History
Sept. 4-6, 2019
Hosted by Lutheran Home and Hospital Foundation
Baltimore, Maryland
Sept. 5-7, 2018
Hosted by Rupert Dunklau Foundation
Omaha, Nebraska
Sept. 13-15, 2017
Hosted by Mill Neck Family of Organizations
Mill Neck, New York
Aug. 31-Sept. 2, 2016
Hosted by Siebert Lutheran Foundation and Theodore W. Batterman Family Foundation
Madison, WI
Sept. 9-11, 2015
Hosted by Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation
Chicago, IL
Sept. 11-12, 2014
Hosted by The Lutheran Foundation
Ft. Wayne, IN
Sept. 5-7, 2013
Hosted by Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
Sept. 20-22, 2012
Hosted by The Lutheran Legacy Foundation
Indianapolis, IN
Sept. 22, 2011
Hosted by Wheat Ridge Ministries
Chicago, IL
Sept. 9-11, 2010
Hosted by Siebert Lutheran Foundation
Milwaukee, WI
Sept. 17-19, 2009
Hosted by The Rupert Dunklau Foundation and Thivent Financial for Lutherans, Omaha Region
Omaha, NE
2008
Hosted by The Vespers Society
San Francisco, CA
Sept. 6-8, 2007
Hosted by The Glasnapp Foundation
Kansas City, MO
Sept. 14-15, 2006
Hosted by Clara & Spencer Werner Foundation
Clayton, MO
Sept. 14-16, 2005
Hosted by Siebert Lutheran Foundation
Milwaukee, WI
Sept. 15-17, 2004
Hosted by Wheat Ridge Ministries
Itasca, IL
Sept. 17-19, 2003
Hosted by InFaith Foundation (formerly Lutheran Community Foundation)
Minneapolis, MN
Sept. 25-27, 2002
Hosted by Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
Sept. 13, 2001
Hosted by Siebert Lutheran Foundation
Milwaukee, WI
In 2001, Ron Jones (Siebert Lutheran Foundation), Fred Bleeke (Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis), Rich Bimler (Wheat Ridge Ministries), and Rick Herman (Wheat Ridge Ministries) recognized the need to cultivate relationships with colleagues who understood the joys and challenges of philanthropic grant making. The group decided to convene to share best-practices and notes about grant requests from the same organizations, and enhance their individual professional growth - and Lutheran Grantmakers and Donors Network was born.
Since then, the group has grown and friendships and collegial relationships have developed. Each year fosters more mutual encouragement, better networking, and more collaborative efforts to better serve the Lutheran ministries being funded.
